Postgraduate UND-EDUC5117-2023

Principles and Practices of Assessment and Evaluation

Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

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Subject details

What you'll learn

On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:

Critically analyse the principles of educational assessment and evaluation.
Apply the principles of quality assessment and evaluation practices.
Create different types of assessment strategies that are fit for purpose including appropriate tasks and marking criteria and standards.
Engage in moderation, calibration and benchmarking activities and use these as strategies to improve the quality of designs for learning and assessment.
Examine and respond to current common trends in assessment and evaluation in higher education.

Topics covered

- Principles and Purposes of Assessment and Evaluation
- Assessment in Context
- Definitions
- A brief history of Assessment
- Constructive Alignment
- The Regulatory Landscape
- Principles of Assessment – Enhancing Student Learning
- Introduction
- Formative and Summative Assessment
- Evaluative Judgement and Sustainable Assessment Assessment Design and Implementation
- Fair Assessment
- Approaches to Assessment
- Technology and Assessment
- Implementing Assessment
- Marking Rubrics Marking and Feedback
- Feedback
- Grading and Moderation Evaluation and External Referencing
- Evaluation of learning and teaching
- Learning Analytics
- External referencing

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

UND-HED-GDI-2023
UND-HED-GCE-2023
UND-HED-MAS-2023

Elective

UND-HPE-MAS-2023
UND-HPE-GDI-2023
UND-HPE-GCE-2023

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Good assessment and evaluation in Higher Education has the potential to improve student learning, satisfaction, confidence in academic standards and retention. This subject allows teachers in higher education to advance their understanding of contemporary assessment practice by a critical engagement with contemporary assessment literature. From this foundation, students have the opportunity to examine how assessment is woven into the teaching and learning cycle and design and develop assessment instruments appropriate to Higher Education.

Assessments

Annotated Document and Review (2000-3000 Words) - 30% Task Review (1500 words) and Response Report (2500 words) - 40% 7 Minute Video Presentation (Pre-Recorded) - 30%